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The classic so far seems to be C.R. Hallpike from an anthropological angle [0] It’s 17 pages, but the general idea is basically ”whenever his facts are broadly
by finiteseries 5y ago
The classic so far seems to be C.R. Hallpike from an anthropological angle [0]
It’s 17 pages, but the general idea is basically ”whenever his facts are broadly correct they are not new, and whenever he tries to strike out on his own he often gets things wrong”.
And just in case anyone boxes & dismisses this as anthropology = social science = progressive relativist criticism, Hallpike is an 83 year old Oxford type who recently spent 200 pages [1] being very angry at popular modern ideas about the realities of primitive society.
[0] - http://www.hallpike.com/A%20review%20of%20Sapiens.pdf http://www.hallpike.com/A%20review%20of%20Sapiens.pdf
[1] - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42109085-ship-of-fools https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42109085-ship-of-fools
- JALTU 5y agoI appreciate these links, thank you. I wish there could/would be a point by point response to the criticisms from Yuval, however. Humans have a predictable tendency to undermine each other, so it would be nice to easily see the counterpoints to the issues raised by other scholars who certainly have incentives to defend their life's investment in their biases, too.